Moon-Reflecting City
"Uncle, what is Moon-Reflecting Stone?" Wang Xingyu asked.
"You don't even know about the Moon-Reflecting Stone?" The half-masked man was somewhat surprised, but he still patiently explained, "The Moon-Reflecting Stone is the key to entering the Moon-Reflecting City. One Moon-Reflecting Stone allows fifteen entries. Some lucky people manage to find Moon-Reflecting Stone with remaining entries and use them to enter."
Wang Xingyu understood, so those people assumed they were lucky enough to find the Moon-Reflecting Stone. "Besides the Moon-Reflecting Stone, are there any other ways to get in?"
"There's another way. People with the Moon attribute can enter once using their own bloodline, and those with exceptionally strong bloodlines can enter twice." The middle-aged man paused, then sighed. "This also leads some people to hunt down people and Soul Beast with the Moon attribute, using secret methods to refine their blood, disguising their own bloodline, and thus gain entry."
Wang Xingyu had hoped to find some clues about the Yue Shen Assessment, but to his surprise...
No wonder both Evil Soul Master I encountered were related to blood. I guess the first Evil Soul Master who captured the Desert Cat and the human was trying to enter the Moon-Reflecting City.
"Uncle, why do you need food? Are you stuck?" Xiao Wu asked curiously.
"Yes and no. You can go out, but the number of times you can come in is limited. The cultivation speed here is much faster than outside, so most people don't think about going out. They just wait to be forced to climb the Moon-Reflecting Steps every thirty days. If they can't climb up, they are automatically kicked out."
Not everyone knows the detailed rules here, so it's easy to be unprepared. The most expensive thing here is food.
"Are these stone steps at the edges the Moon-Reflecting Steps?" Xiao Wu asked to confirm.
"Yes."
"Uncle, what loophole did that guy and his companion talk about?" Wang Xingyu recalled their previous conversation.
"No one here will be higher than level 59. Except for the mandatory life-or-death battle that cannot be refused once a month, everything else is very safe."
You may have noticed that there are quite a few Soul Master of level 30 or 40 here. How do they survive the life-or-death battles they can't refuse? The loophole is—two acquaintances, once a month arrives, immediately engage in a life-or-death battle with each other, then deliberately fight to a draw. This way, they can both eliminate the forced life-or-death battles and prevent any real accidents from happening.
Wang Xingyu suddenly realized.
After learning the rules, Moon-Reflecting City truly is a good place for cultivation.
The three walked to the edge of the island, where a circular stone staircase lay ahead.
"Uncle, has anyone climbed to the fifteenth floor? Is it allowed for two people to go up together?" Wang Xingyu asked.
"Permitted. Maximum of three people can form a team. The difference is that one person only needs to face one Soul Beast when ascending the steps, two people face two, and three people face three."
As for the fifteenth floor, as far as I know, the highest floor is fourteen. There's a legend that the fifteenth floor only opens when a special person arrives.
A special person? It should be that only those who God Trial can unlock the fifteenth level and obtain the New and Full Moon Domain. It seems that it's not possible to know the skills of the New and Full Moon Domain in advance for the time being.
"Alright, uncle, we'll bring you food next time we come," Xiao Wu said. "Xingyu, let's go!"
The two stepped onto the circular stone steps, and the space beneath their feet immediately expanded.
The next moment, two Soul Beast appeared: a ten-thousand-year-old Lightning Rabbit and a Desert Cat.
The half-masked man shouted from below, "For the first five steps, you only need to dodge the attacks of the Soul Beast and jump to the next step. You don't need to kill them!"
Wang Xingyu gave an OK sign.
But the situation turned out differently than anyone expected.
Lightning Rabbit and Desert Cat did not attack the two after they appeared; they merely stared at them warily, seemingly without any intention to fight.
Xiao Wu, puzzled, tentatively approached and even reached out to touch the Lightning Rabbit, Lightning Rabbit didn't resist. "Xingyu, what's going on?"
Wang Xingyu speculated, "Perhaps it's because the Sixth Trial of Life emits benevolence, and their cultivation level is too low, so they were affected by my aura."
So, to the man's astonishment, the two walked straight from the first step to the second step, while the two Soul Beast simply watched them quietly.
After stepping onto the second level, the Desert Cat and Lightning Rabbit automatically disappeared.
Each disc was imprinted with a pattern. Wang Xingyu observed carefully that the first disc on the stone steps had a crescent moon pattern, while the crescent moon on the second disc was larger.
It seems that the fifteen Moon-Reflecting Steps, like the fifteen Yue Shen Tower, correspond to the fifteen phases of the moon.
There are no Soul Beast in the second tier, and there is a barrier in the third tier that prevents one from ascending.
The two jumped down the stone steps.
Xiao Wu waved to the middle-aged man. "Uncle, see you in fifteen days."
The middle-aged man opened his mouth, as if to say something, but then swallowed it back.
He didn't understand why the two of them passed through so easily, why he had explained so much, and why they didn't stay to cultivate.
"Could these two children be the legendary special individuals?" the middle-aged man muttered to himself, then realized he was overthinking it. Special individuals were extremely powerful, and although he couldn't sense any Soul Power Level from these two children, they couldn't possibly be Soul King.
With a thought in their minds, the two took a step forward.
The next moment, they appeared in front of the slanted stone door.
Wang Xingyu looked around. "Has the Wolf Emperor left?"
"I am here."
The Silver Moon Wolf Emperor appeared out of nowhere, munching on a corn cob, and sizing up the two of them with indistinct language. "You're only wearing masks, no other disguises? How did you get through the first stage?"
"Just wear a mask," Xiao Wu replied. "The first-tier Soul Beast didn't intend to kill us; they just walked right past. What's wrong, Senior Wolf Emperor? Do we need any other disguises?"
"No need. How strange." The Silver Moon Wolf Emperor took a bite of corn, his tone full of disappointment. "I thought that since you're so young, there would probably be a few people trying to take you away. I was just itching to get my hands on you, but not a single one came. Have humans gotten smarter these days?"
Wang Xingyu thought to himself, "This Silver Moon Wolf Emperor has certainly read a lot of stories; he's even thought of double-crossing."
Disappointed, the Silver Moon Wolf Emperor led the two back to the Yue Shen Tower.
The two cultivated steadily inside the tower, waiting to ascend the second step, the Moon-Reflecting Steps, in fifteen days.
Fifteen days passed in the blink of an eye.
After buying food, the two stepped into the Moon-Reflecting City once again.
This once again attracted a lot of attention, but once everyone realized it was the two of them, they all looked away and lost interest.
The half-masked man quickly approached, seemingly having been waiting for the two of them.
He took the food and thanked him repeatedly, seemingly knowing that his food wouldn't last long.
The two did not linger and went straight to the Moon-Reflecting Steps, stepping onto the second step.
The second-tier guardian Soul Beast are a 20,000-year-old Purple Spirit Snake and a Thorny Vine of the same cultivation level.
This time, both Soul Beast displayed obvious aggression.
The Purple Spirit Snake Serpent bit Xiao Wu's arm, which was covered by her Invincible Golden Body. Xiao Wu grabbed its tail and swung it away, sending the Purple Spirit Snake flying like a shooting star.
The Thorny Vine moved clumsily, but their attack range was vast, and the vine whips cracked loudly as they struck the ground.
Xiao Wu supported Wang Xingyu's arms and leaped three times like Rabbit Leap Meteor, landing steadily on the third step.